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* PoorCommunicationKills: Subverted. Mid-way into the second film, the Awa Clan burns the boat Itto and Daigoro were staying on in a misguided attempt to kill the Hidari Brothers, which fails. The Lone Wolf and his Cub use their cart to sail to shore and take refuge in a hut, in which they encounter a woman they'd met earlier. Itto promptly accosts and undresses her, forcing her into an embrace. It's only after he forces her to disrobe that he reveals that he simply wanted the trio to huddle together for warmth to save all three of their lives. The woman discreetely reaches for Itto's sword to retaliate until she feels Daigoro trying to help dry her off, proving his words as true.
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* BBCQuarry: The final battles of both ''Baby Cart To Hades'' and ''Baby Cart In Peril'' are fought in the exact same quarry.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: In the first film, Itto gives his son the choice between a sword (following his dad into the road of hellish vengeance) or a ball (being MercyKill[=ed=] to join his mother in the afterlife). Daigoro ultimately chooses the sword. His dad wanted him to choose the ball so he didn't have to subject his son to his impending dishonor.
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* TheGunslinger: Ito fights a SamuraiCowboy in the third movie, and steals his CoolGuns.
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* TheGunslinger: Ito fights a SamuraiCowboy in the third movie, and steals his CoolGuns.twin guns.
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* RuleOfSymbolism: At the end of ''Baby Cart To Hades,'' Itto assists the DeathSeeker Kanabe Mogomura in committing Seppuku after helping the latter coming to terms with violating protocol to save his Lord's life. As Itto swings his blade, the scene filters into one reserved for FlashBack[=s=], showing Itto in his old executioner garb.
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* RuleOfSymbolism: At the end of ''Baby Cart To Hades,'' Itto assists the DeathSeeker Kanabe Mogomura in committing Seppuku after helping the latter coming to terms with violating protocol to save his Lord's life. As Itto swings his blade, the scene filters changes into one the filter reserved for FlashBack[=s=], showing Itto in his old executioner garb.
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* YouKilledMyFather: Ito wants revenge for the killing of his family on Retsudo's orders.
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* WretchedHive: In ''Sword Of Vengenance,'' the hot-spring village Itto and Daigoro arrive in has been transformed into one by the lord overseeing it. Ronin are pillaging and raping the place from moment one, the villagers there being held hostage by ronin that force them (and even Itto) into sick games. When the leader of said ronin (his assassination target) arrives and tries to strong-arm the villagers into keeping silent about the goings-on there, he loses it [[OhCrap once it dawns on him that one of his hostages]] was ''Ogami Itto'' and sends everyone he can after the man. The whole pack of degenerates is wiped out for their trouble, leaving a very stunned village behind.
* YouKilledMyFather: Ito wants revenge for the killing of his family on Retsudo's orders.
* YouKilledMyFather: Ito wants revenge for the killing of his family on Retsudo's orders.
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* HostageSituation: Itto causes one at the climax of ''Baby Cart In Peril''. He warns Lord Owari of Enki's rape of Oyuki, but the court isn't interested in what Itto has to say (thanks to Retsudo having already riled Owari into retaliating against the Gomune), forcing him to take the Lord hostage to ensure he and Daigoro have safe passage out. The Yagyu aren't concerned with Owari's safety whatsoever and kill him with a gunpowder volley the moment he exposes himself.
* RuleOfSymbolism: At the end of ''Baby Cart To Hades,'' Itto assists the DeathSeeker Kanabe Mogomura in committing Seppuku after helping the latter coming to terms with violating protocol to save his Lord's life. As Itto swings his blade, the scene filters into one reserved for FlashBack[=s=], showing Itto in his old executioner garb.
* ShutUpHannibal: After Lord Owari dismisses Itto's claims of Oyuki's rape at Enki's hands by pulling rank, Itto actively denounces Lord Owari, the Tokugawa family and the Shogun himself in the same sentence. He has to take Lord Owari hostage just to get out of there.
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** After his first encounter with Kanbe, Itto and Daigoro come upon a woman they'd met during a boat ride at the start - She's just murdered the man that bought her (he was a rapist) and her sellers come knocking. Itto is given a choice between simply handing her over or fighting for her. He chooses the latter but takes it a step further - enduring the infamous Buri-Buri torture in her place. This impresses the gangsters so much, they hire him for a job.
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** After his first encounter with Kanbe, Itto and Daigoro come upon a woman they'd met during a boat ride at the start - She's just murdered the man that bought her (he was a rapist) and her sellers come knocking. Itto is given a choice between simply handing her over or fighting for her. He chooses the latter but takes it a step further - enduring exploiting LoopholeAbuse to endure the infamous Buri-Buri torture in her place.place and wipe her debt. This impresses the gangsters so much, they hire him for a job.
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* MissingEpisode: The second episode of the television series was removed from various collections and not rebroadcast. It's not exactly clear why, but the reigning theory is that since the episode deals with the gomune (an 'untouchable caste' in ancient Japan which would later become the burakumin), it may have been removed for political reasons.
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* BadassAndChildDuo: In later films, as an older Daigoro is able to participate in combat by throwing bombs or handing weapons to his dad. Daigoro also has access to levers inside the cart that extend some of its HiddenBlade[=s=].
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* BadassAndChildDuo: In later films, as an older Daigoro is able to participate in combat by throwing bombs or handing weapons to his dad. Daigoro also has access to levers inside the cart that extend some of its HiddenBlade[=s=].hidden blades.
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** Subverted in the following film ''Baby Cart In Peril''. Retsudo's forces lure Itto into a trench to wear him down. He has to ambush foes to get out of there to prevent himself from being overwhelmed. After his later bout with Retsudo, a few Yagyu stragglers get lucky shots on the weakened Itto and all try to slice him one-by-one instead of waiting for each other. Itto only survives thanks to a HiddenBlade he had on his person and Daigoro finding him in time.
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* BadassAndChildDuo: In later films, as an older Daigoro is able to participate in combat by throwing bombs (or handing weapons to his dad).
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* MookChivalry:
** During the climactic fight at the end of ''Baby Cart To Hades'', Itto is outnumbered at least ten-to-one yet only two swordsmen ever attack him at a time.
** Subverted in the following film ''Baby Cart In Peril''. Retsudo's forces lure Itto into a trench to wear him down. He has to ambush foes to get out of there to prevent himself from being overwhelmed. After his later bout with Retsudo, a few Yagyu stragglers get lucky shots on the weakened Itto and all try to slice him one-by-one instead of waiting for each other. Itto only survives thanks to a HiddenBlade he had on his person and Daigoro finding him in time.
** During the climactic fight at the end of ''Baby Cart To Hades'', Itto is outnumbered at least ten-to-one yet only two swordsmen ever attack him at a time.
** Subverted in the following film ''Baby Cart In Peril''. Retsudo's forces lure Itto into a trench to wear him down. He has to ambush foes to get out of there to prevent himself from being overwhelmed. After his later bout with Retsudo, a few Yagyu stragglers get lucky shots on the weakened Itto and all try to slice him one-by-one instead of waiting for each other. Itto only survives thanks to a HiddenBlade he had on his person and Daigoro finding him in time.
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Ito is still willing to bend the rules of Bushido and deceive his opponents, but he is generally portrayed as more heroic and honorable than in the comics.
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* BadassAndChildDuo: In later films, as an older Daigoro is able to participate in combat by throwing bombs.
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* BadassAndChildDuo: In later films, as an older Daigoro is able to participate in combat by throwing bombs.bombs (or handing weapons to his dad).
* DeathSeeker:
** Kanabe Magomura in the third film. He was stripped of his position for daring to cut down the attackers accosting his Lord rather than stay at the noble's side and wait for them. By the time of the film, he's a sad-sack that's forced to shack up with sleazy rapists to get by; all while hoping someone will put him out of his misery. He challenges Itto twice in this quest to die: Itto spares him the first time after recognizing him as someone with honor while the second time it's to the death. As an act of kindness, Itto assists him in committing seppuku.
** In the fourth film, Gunbei Yagyu (Itto's rival for the position of executioner in the old days) encounters Daigoro in the present and shadows the boy for a time during the search for his father. Upon meeting the Lone Wolf, Gunbei declares revenge on Itto for his clan's dishonor and challenges him, getting his arm cut off for the trouble. The Yagyu had to [[FakingTheDead declare Gunbei dead and have someone else that took his appearance commit seppuku to retain clan-honor]], thus Itto denies him death - what use is there in killing someone already dead?
** Kanabe Magomura in the third film. He was stripped of his position for daring to cut down the attackers accosting his Lord rather than stay at the noble's side and wait for them. By the time of the film, he's a sad-sack that's forced to shack up with sleazy rapists to get by; all while hoping someone will put him out of his misery. He challenges Itto twice in this quest to die: Itto spares him the first time after recognizing him as someone with honor while the second time it's to the death. As an act of kindness, Itto assists him in committing seppuku.
** In the fourth film, Gunbei Yagyu (Itto's rival for the position of executioner in the old days) encounters Daigoro in the present and shadows the boy for a time during the search for his father. Upon meeting the Lone Wolf, Gunbei declares revenge on Itto for his clan's dishonor and challenges him, getting his arm cut off for the trouble. The Yagyu had to [[FakingTheDead declare Gunbei dead and have someone else that took his appearance commit seppuku to retain clan-honor]], thus Itto denies him death - what use is there in killing someone already dead?
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* EveryoneIsRelated: The five films follow Ito's quest to kill every member of the shogun's family in revenge for the murder of his wife.
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* ToBeLawfulOrGood: A RecurringElement throughout the third film.
** The samurai Kanbe Magomura cut down attackers rebelling against his Lord, only to be exiled for daring to leave his position. His DeathSeeker tendencies are ultimately the result of him questioning whether he was right to what he did or not. With help from Itto, he comes to terms with the fact he chose to be Good and ends up committing seppuku with Itto's assistance.
** After his first encounter with Kanbe, Itto and Daigoro come upon a woman they'd met during a boat ride at the start - She's just murdered the man that bought her (he was a rapist) and her sellers come knocking. Itto is given a choice between simply handing her over or fighting for her. He chooses the latter but takes it a step further - enduring the infamous Buri-Buri torture in her place. This impresses the gangsters so much, they hire him for a job.
** The samurai Kanbe Magomura cut down attackers rebelling against his Lord, only to be exiled for daring to leave his position. His DeathSeeker tendencies are ultimately the result of him questioning whether he was right to what he did or not. With help from Itto, he comes to terms with the fact he chose to be Good and ends up committing seppuku with Itto's assistance.
** After his first encounter with Kanbe, Itto and Daigoro come upon a woman they'd met during a boat ride at the start - She's just murdered the man that bought her (he was a rapist) and her sellers come knocking. Itto is given a choice between simply handing her over or fighting for her. He chooses the latter but takes it a step further - enduring the infamous Buri-Buri torture in her place. This impresses the gangsters so much, they hire him for a job.
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* OfferingsToTheGods: When Itto is nearly comatose from his wounds in ''Baby Cart At the River Styx'', Daigoro finds water for his father at a nearby river, and some food left as offering at a nearby roadside shrine. Not wanting to steal from the idol, he trades his coat for the food.
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* CloseCallHaircut: Sensing an ambush in ''Baby Cart and the River Styx'', Itto yells at Daigoro to duck back inside of his pram. He does in time, but not quick enough to keep the top part of his topknot from being cut off.
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* BladeOnAStick: As in the comics, the baby cart contains retractable spears.
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* TwoRoadsBeforeYou: Ito presents his infant son with this, even though he knows Daigoro is too young to understand his choice.
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* TwoRoadsBeforeYou: Ito presents can accept the Shogun's decision and offer up his neck, or start WalkingTheEarth as a ronin. But there's his infant son with this, even though he knows Daigoro is too young to understand consider, so his father must offer him the same choice.
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* PyrrhicVillainy: Retsudo by the end of the manga has lost his prestige, his followers, his clan and all his children. He's [[spoiler:victorious against Itto]] but ultimately he's lost everything and sheds final tears when he recalls his kids.
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* PyrrhicVillainy: PyrrhicVictory: Retsudo by the end of the manga has lost his prestige, his followers, his clan and all his children. He's [[spoiler:victorious against Itto]] but ultimately he's lost everything and sheds final tears when he recalls his kids.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Retsudo's attempts to isolate his illegitimate son Shobei work ''far'' too well. After recalling Shobei to face Itto, Retsudo lies he intends to father a child on Shobei's sister Sayaka and send Shobei far away. When Shobei is mortally wounded, he forces himself on Sayaka to ensure Retsudo won't, to Retsudo's utter shock and horror. Retsudo reveals to the dead Shobei he intended only to ensure he remained in peace away from the Yagyu bloody legacy. It's a rare miscalculation from the old man.
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* PyrrhicVillainy: Retsudo by the end of the manga has lost his prestige, his followers, his clan and all his children. He's [[spoiler:victorious against Itto]] but ultimately he's lost everything and sheds final tears when he recalls his kids.
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''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'', also known as ''Shogun Assassin'', has been adapted into five feature length {{Jidaigeki}} films from 1972-1980 starring Tomisaburo Wakayama as the outlawed {{Samurai}} executioner Ogami Ito.
In 1980, an 80-minute edit combining parts of the first two series installments was released for English-speaking audiences under the title ''Shogun Assassin''.
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* GoodIsOldFashioned: Mid 19th century FeudalJapan is beginning to show signs of modernisation, but being Samurai both Ito and his enemies uphold the GoodOldWays of HonorBeforeReason.
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* HeroesPreferSwords: Ito wields an unsually large and heavy katana designed for beheading Seppuku victims.
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* DefeatByModesty: Inverted. Oyuki stuns her opponents by flashing her breasts - and more importantly, the shocking tattoos thereon - at them.
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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Ito is fundamentally sympathetic to Oyuki's desire to avenge her rape in ''Baby Cart In Peril'', but he points out that her method of achieving it has resulted in whole families' worth of collateral damage - innocent victims who are fully justified in seeking vengeance on ''her''. Her reaction makes it clear that she'd never considered this.
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* WouldHurtAChild: The opening scene of the very first movie shows that the Shogun has ordered the execution of a daimyo that can't be older than five.
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* HonorBeforeReason: EVERYWHERE. Valuable people with irreplaceable skills are regularly sacrificed just to make a point; people achieve great success only to be punished instead of rewarded because they broke some minor point of protocol; shockingly minor points of honor are worth the lives of whole families. As much as the Samurai characters may mourn the passing of the GoodOldWays, it's not hard to understand why this ethic is dying.
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** Averted as a general rule. Throughout the series, guns are treated as a very serious threat and one of the few things Ito can't overcome with his swordsmanship. Whenever they come into play, he seeks to neutralize them as quickly as possible.
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* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Retsudo, being an evil old man.
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* TwoRoadsBeforeYou: Ito presents his infant son with this, even though he knows Daigoro is too young to understand his choice.
-->'''Ogami:''' I have decided to escape, to defy the Shogun. Today I will begin walking the Road to Hell, but you must choose your own path. ''(picks up a ball and sword)'' So, soon you may be seeing Heaven. Choose the sword, and [[BadassAndChildDuo you will join me]]. Choose the ball, and [[MercyKill you join your mother in death]]. You don't understand my words, but you must choose.
-->'''Ogami:''' I have decided to escape, to defy the Shogun. Today I will begin walking the Road to Hell, but you must choose your own path. ''(picks up a ball and sword)'' So, soon you may be seeing Heaven. Choose the sword, and [[BadassAndChildDuo you will join me]]. Choose the ball, and [[MercyKill you join your mother in death]]. You don't understand my words, but you must choose.
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* AntiVillain: The gunfighter employed by the shogun as a bodyguard WouldntHurtAChild.
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* GunsAreUseless: The gunfighter leaves his revolvers on the bank when trying to save Daigoro from drowning. This enables Ito to take them, and kill his opponent in a swordfight.
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* TheStoryTeller: In the first film the baby is the narrator.
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* GoodIsOldFashioned: Mid 19th century Japan is beginning to show signs of modernisation, but being Samurai both Ito and his enemies uphold the GoodOldWays of HonorBeforeReason.
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*AdaptationPersonalityChange: Ito is still willing to bend the rules of Bushido and deceive his opponents, but he is generally portrayed as more heroic and honorable than in the comics.
*AdaptationPersonalityChange: Ito is still willing to bend the rules of Bushido and deceive his opponents, but he is generally portrayed as more heroic and honorable than in the comics.
*AssholeVictim: All of the people Ito assassinates in the movie have done bad things deserving of execution.
* BladeOnAStick: As in the comics, the baby cart contains retractable spears.
* DragonAscendant: Retsudo starts out as the shogun's DragonWithAnAgenda, but becomes the main BigBad in the second film.
* EndOfAnEra: The movies and comic book are set in the 1850s, with the rising merchant class beginning to supplant the samurai of the Tokugawa shogunate.
* EndOfAnEra: The movies and comic book are set in the 1850s, with the rising merchant class beginning to supplant the samurai of the Tokugawa shogunate.
* EveryJapaneseSwordIsAKatana: Except for Ito's own sword, which is designed for executions rather than combat.
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* TheGunslinger: Ito fights one in the third movie, and steals his CoolGuns.
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* TheGunslinger: Ito fights one a SamuraiCowboy in the third movie, and steals his CoolGuns.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: As expected in a movie about a samurai and his son WanderingTheEarth
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* NobleDemon: The ronin {{Ronin}} Gunbei sees Ito as a WorthyOpponent.WorthyOpponent.
* SamuraiInNinjaTown: When Ito passes through Retsudo's turf to assassinate his targets, Retsudo's own {{Ninja}} assassins are waiting to ambush him.
* SamuraiInNinjaTown: When Ito passes through Retsudo's turf to assassinate his targets, Retsudo's own {{Ninja}} assassins are waiting to ambush him.
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*AnArmAndALeg: In the fourth film Ito cuts off Gunbei's arm then subjects him to a FateWorseThanDeath by refusing to kill him.
*ArmorIsUseless: The shogun's {{Mooks}} are easily taken out by Ito, although this could be due to his unique CoolSword.
*BadassAndBaby: In the first two films, where Daigoro is either carried or pushed around in a BabyCarriage.
*BadassAndChildDuo: In later films, as an older Daigoro is able to participate in combat by throwing bombs.
*BeardOfEvil: BigBad Yagyu Retsudo has a Fu Manchu style beard.
*BerserkButton: The normally calm and quiet Ito will go full PapaWolf if his baby is put in danger.
*CombatPragmatist: Ito usually kills his enemies with a sword, but when facing a small army armed with muskets he decimates them with a volley gun concealed in the baby cart.
*EveryoneIsRelated: The five films follow Ito's quest to kill every member of the shogun's family in revenge for the murder of his wife.
*GoodIsOldFashioned: Mid 19th century Japan is beginning to show signs of modernisation, but being Samurai both Ito and his enemies uphold the GoodOldWays of HonorBeforeReason.
*TheGunslinger: Ito fights one in the third movie, and steals his CoolGuns.
*HeroesPreferSwords: Ito wields an unsually large and heavy katana designed for beheading Seppuku victims.
*LukeIAmYourFather: Retsudo reveals he is Daigoro's grandfather before he dies. It remains unknown whether he was the father of Ito or his wife.
*NobleDemon: The ronin Gunbei sees Ito as a WorthyOpponent.
*YouKilledMyFather: Ito wants revenge for the killing of his family on Retsudo's orders.
*TheVamp: Oyuki is a tattooed Yakuza assassin who seduces and murders her enemies, and dishonors their corpses by cutting off their topknots.
*WhiteHairBlackHeart: Retsudo, being an evil old man.
*AnArmAndALeg: In the fourth film Ito cuts off Gunbei's arm then subjects him to a FateWorseThanDeath by refusing to kill him.
*ArmorIsUseless: The shogun's {{Mooks}} are easily taken out by Ito, although this could be due to his unique CoolSword.
*BadassAndBaby: In the first two films, where Daigoro is either carried or pushed around in a BabyCarriage.
*BadassAndChildDuo: In later films, as an older Daigoro is able to participate in combat by throwing bombs.
*BeardOfEvil: BigBad Yagyu Retsudo has a Fu Manchu style beard.
*BerserkButton: The normally calm and quiet Ito will go full PapaWolf if his baby is put in danger.
*CombatPragmatist: Ito usually kills his enemies with a sword, but when facing a small army armed with muskets he decimates them with a volley gun concealed in the baby cart.
*EveryoneIsRelated: The five films follow Ito's quest to kill every member of the shogun's family in revenge for the murder of his wife.
*GoodIsOldFashioned: Mid 19th century Japan is beginning to show signs of modernisation, but being Samurai both Ito and his enemies uphold the GoodOldWays of HonorBeforeReason.
*TheGunslinger: Ito fights one in the third movie, and steals his CoolGuns.
*HeroesPreferSwords: Ito wields an unsually large and heavy katana designed for beheading Seppuku victims.
*LukeIAmYourFather: Retsudo reveals he is Daigoro's grandfather before he dies. It remains unknown whether he was the father of Ito or his wife.
*NobleDemon: The ronin Gunbei sees Ito as a WorthyOpponent.
*YouKilledMyFather: Ito wants revenge for the killing of his family on Retsudo's orders.
*TheVamp: Oyuki is a tattooed Yakuza assassin who seduces and murders her enemies, and dishonors their corpses by cutting off their topknots.
*WhiteHairBlackHeart: Retsudo, being an evil old man.
